Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Genesis
LawFor whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Luke
GospelsAnd when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
Mark
GospelsUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Genesis
LawThese are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
2 Kings
HistoryFor the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James
General EpistlesWhen I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers
LawAnd if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Leviticus
LawAnd all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
1 Kings
HistoryRemove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMoreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
Exodus
Law / MosesLord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Psalms
PoetryShe shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.